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Topic: tc partial boots then freezes (Read 5476 times)

i get a blinking cursor at bottom of tinyx device dependent usage list...

then comes---'error: could not open display'

i try again, same result

still at tty1,,,, tcbox: ~$

after i entered sudo su, then entered startx, which gave resolution and mouse choices,then crashed

i'm reading about linux command linei was reading about the xorg extension to see how hard to set up it might be[where i read about sudo su]target machine has card and cable connection to a live ethernet,could that be reached by the command line?

okay, entered two echo commandsthen cat .xsession, reply is over 2 lines, first line is the part inside the quotes, second line 'jwm'then the prompt, enter 'startx'

'error: could not open display'comes at the bottom of a 2page list of switches ending with about a dozen under the title 'tiny x device dependent usage:' last is 'vtxx'

i've/we've been here at least three times

if you look at the piece you quoted you will seethat the text includes the quote marks you say i've omittedat prompt...tell me how to get out of rootbox without rebooting, pleasetell me if can access internet in textmode, pleasewhat about me trying xorg? if you have more code for me to try, i'm willing to enter itobviously you're busy, it's a great thing happening here,if there's a more suitable forum, please tell me about it cheers, mm

please give me some answers to my questionsplease tell me where to get code to give tc to see if it will access the internetvia the ethernet[d-link dfe-690txd] card and/or the wireless[airlink awlc3026]i looked on the install cd's--same windos xp driver for both --Mrv8000c.inf--

please tell me why we are not talking about xorg, if i can see it works i'll happilyshut it down to resume this particular piece of problem-solving if you think itwould be useful.